Leaves that changed too soon, but still had a glorious blaze. Recent events are imposing a symbolism over everything for me recently.
Hasselblad 500C/M, Kodak Portra 400 film
The End of a Season
Vancouver in November is definitely off-season. I wouldn’t call the feeling a malaise, just a sense that the party is over.
Hasselblad 500C/M, HP5+ film, developed in LegacyPro MicX
Bridge in Vancouver
We did not see a lot of the sun in Vancouver when we were out there, but when it did sort of peek out from time to time it was lovely.
Hasselblad 500C/M, Portra 400 film
Chinese Garden in Black and White
Another image of the Chinese Garden in Vancouver, this time in black and white. As mentioned in yesterday’s post it was getting dark quickly, and the Hasselblad is not known for being hand-holdable at slow speeds.
Hasselblad 500C/M, Rollei RPX400 film, developed in Rodinal
Chinese Garden in Colour
Another image of the Chinese Garden in Vancouver. It was getting dark very quickly by this time of the day.
Hasselblad 500C/M, Kodak Portra 400 film
Vancouver In Colour
For various reasons I am behind in posting recently, and it likely won’t get consistently better for a couple of weeks, but at least I can post something today. This image is from our recent trip to Vancouver, from Granville Island.
Hasselblad 500C/M, Kodak Portra 400 film
Tour Guide
Today’s image is of our tour guide in the Chinese Garden in Vancouver last week. It was late afternoon on a very dull day, so I had to shoot wide open at a low (for a Hasselblad) shutter speed. I’m surprised it turned out at all! Given the poor treatment of Asian Canadians in British Columbia (indeed all of Canada) in recent years, it was hard not to feel some shame, in the face of this man’s quiet dignity. He was old enough that he certainly would have experienced some of this first hand.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 80mm/2.8 Planar lens
Rollei RPX400 film
Skyline
Today’s post is the first in a series of film images taken during my time in Vancouver, B.C. last week. Although it did not rain the entire time, there was not a lot of sun, and for the most part the light was measured in degrees of overcast. This image is from Stanley Park.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 80mm/2.8 Planar lens
Ilford HP5+ film @ E.I. 320, developed in LegacyPro Mic-X developer
Hope
I don’t normally post more than one post a day, but this is not a normal day. Yesterday we went to Stanley Park in Vancouver, and walked through a forest of huge cedars. Everywhere we saw fallen trees, giants that had come crashing down, or stumps of trees that had to be cut down for one reason or another. In this sense, the forest was a cemetery.
And yet wherever a giant tree had fallen, new trees, new life was flourishing; amidst the chaos of decay, hope for the future, proof that life endures. So not a cemetery, but proof that life, and hope, cannot be held back.
Courage.
Urban Still Life
A scene I ran across on a grey Vancouver Monday, captured with my iPhone using the Hipstamatic app.
My Third Eye 